Doctoral Oral Exams for May 10–14

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.

Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as follows:

Katty Alhayek, Ph.D., Communication, Monday, May 10, 9 a.m.  Dissertation: “Syrian Online Spaces of Possibilities: Alternative and Activist Media for Dialogue and Reconciliation.”  Mari Castaneda, chr.

Lauren Haliczer, Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, Wednesday, May 12, 10 a.m.  Dissertation:  “Social Stressors, Emotional Responses, and NSSI Urges and Behaviors in Daily Life.”  Katherine Dixon-Gordon, chr.

Ann M. Leonard, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, May 12, 1 p.m.  Dissertation: “Teacher Collaborative Action-Taking and Instructional Practices Supportive of Social-Emotional Learning: A Correlational Study.”  Rebecca H. Woodland, chr.

Sainyam Galhotra, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Friday, May 14, 2 p.m.  Dissertation: “Robust and Fair Algorithms for Clustering with Applications to Data Integration.”  Barna Saha, chr.

Yang Zhou, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Friday, May 14, 2 p.m.  Dissertation: “Audio-Driven Character Animation.”  Evangelos Kalogerakis, chr.